Kybernetes: Volume 47 Issue 6

Operational challenges in collaborative research projects: Addressing conflict multidimensionality

Katharina Löhr, Michelle Bonatti, Larissa Hery Ito Ribeiro Homem, Sandro Luis Schlindwein, Stefan Sieber

Collaborative research projects are highly complex organizational settings with specific needs and inherent risks that can endanger project success if not managed well. The…

Knowledge based decision support system for appraisement of sustainable partner under fuzzy cum non-fuzzy information

Anoop Kumar Sahu, Nitin Kumar Sahu, Atul Kumar Sahu

The purpose of this study is to design a DSS for construction sectors, which can determine the status of the related supplier alternatives, accompanying G-T, SC measures and their…

Simulating air transportation networks under capacity constraints: Transforming into a multi-hub infrastructure

Abdullah S. Karaman

Congestion as a consequence of the rapidly growing air traffic is one of the outstanding problems of the air transportation industry. Traffic impediment rates, having an…

DEGSA-VMM: Dragonfly-based exponential gravitational search algorithm to VMM strategy for load balancing in cloud computing

Vijayakumar Polepally, K. Shahu Chatrapati

This paper aims to develop the Dragonfly-based exponential gravitational search algorithm to VMM strategy for effective load balancing in cloud computing. Due to widespread growth…

Bundling strategies for complementary products in a horizontal supply chain

Qingyun Xu, Bing Xu, Ping Wang, Yi He

This paper aims to address the following problems: What are the firms’ optimal pricing and quality policies under three scenarios (no bundling, pure bundling and mixed bundling)…

Wholesale-retail pricing strategies under market risk and uncertain demand in supply chain using evolutionary game theory

Ashkan Hafezalkotob, Reza Mahmoudi, Elham Hajisami, Hui Ming Wee

Nowadays, uncertainty in market demand poses considerable risk to the retailers that supply the market. On the other hand, the risk-averse behaviors of retailers toward risk may…

Estimating the crisis information coverage model in the internet communities

Liangdong Lu, Jia Xu, Zhenggang Lu, Jiuchang Wei

In this study, the process of crisis information communication is viewed as a systems-based concept. An integrated and systematic three-phase model has been constructed to…

Cost saving allocation of horizontal cooperation in restructured natural gas distribution network

Jafar Razmi, Anis Hassani, Ashkan Hafezalkotob

Over the past two decades, in developed countries a trend towards the liberalization and restructuring of the gas market has been observed. Today, restructuring is an ongoing…

The optimal thermal causal path analysis on the relationship between international crude oil price and stock market

Can Zhong Yao, Peng Cheng Kuang, Ji Nan Lin

The purpose of this study is to reveal the lead–lag structure between international crude oil price and stock markets.

A system-cybernetic approach to the study of political power. Introductory remarks

Krzysztof Kasianiuk

This paper aims to provide introductory conceptual tools for studying political power in a complex multi-level environment. In particular, it is intended to answer the question of…